The study was conducted at the author’s own expense.
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DOI: 10.11649/a.3284
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nr 21/2024 r.
Marek Szajda, Ph.D., is Researcher at the Research Department of
the “Remembrance and Future” Centre in Wrocław and the POLIN
Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Interested in Jewish history
and culture, contemporary Polish history, history of Silesia, and
oral history, Szajda graduated in history and ethnology from
the Interdisciplinary Individual Studies and the Study of Jewish
Culture and Languages at the University of Wrocław. He also
studied in Kraków, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1938-6762
e-mail: szajda.marek@gmail.com
Marek Szajda
Anti-Semitism in the Province:
The Impact of the 1967–1968 Anti-Zionist Campaign
on Jewish Life as Exemplified by the Branches
of the Social and Cultural Association of Jews
in Ząbkowice Śląskie and Ziębice
Introduction
T
he anti-Zionist campaign carried out between June 1967 and the summer of
1968 was an important turning point in the postwar history of the Jewish com-
munity in Poland (Kichelewski et al., 2021, pp. 175–206). The event formed part of
a bigger phenomenon: the Polish 1968 political crisis, which the Polish historiography
labels as March 1968. Together with the students’ protest, the communist government’s
anti-Semitism was a key element of this socio-political breakthrough, commonly known
as one of the “Polish months” (Eisler, 2008). Dariusz Stola’s pioneering monograph – so
far the only comprehensive study on the subject – analyzes the anti-Zionist campaign
(Stola, 2000b). When it comes to March 1968, the most important works include articles by
The article was prepared and financed as part of the author’s expert cooperation in the National Science Center, Poland project entitled “Jews in Poland in
the aftermath of the 1967–1968 antisemitic campaign: biographic experience, identity changes and community dynamics” reg. no.: 2020/39/D/HS3/02028.
No competing interests have been declared.
Publisher: Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org
/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, provided that the article is properly cited.
© The Author(s) 2024. © To English translation: Grupa Mowa 2024.